Stove and range



y 9, 1939- c. H. HOFFSTETTER ET AL 2,157,608

STOVE'AND RANGE Filed Oct. 19, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR $1M WWW ATTORNEYS May 9, 1939. c H. HOFFSTETTER ET AL I 2,157,603

STOVE AND RANGE Fild Oct. 19, 1938 Patented May 9, 1539 UNITED STATES P A'TENTOFFICE STOVE AND RANGE Carl H. Hofistetter and Robert F. Hofistetter, Erie, Pa.

Application October 19, 1938; Serial No. 235,903

6 Claims. (01. 126339) This invention relates to stoves and ranges, Mounted for slidable movement in the oven is and has for its principal object to provide ima rack I2 comprising front and rear substantially proved means for manipulating oven racks and U-shapedfframe members l3, to the upright porthe like. tions of which stepped ledges IQ are connected 5 In our prior Patent No. 2,088,957 we have disin any suitable manner, such as welding. These 5 closed a frame or rack having a bottom wall ledges slidably receive grids or the like l5 for which functions as the bottom of the oven, when an obvious purpose. zThe rack is reinforced at the rack is in normal cooking position within the its lower side edge by a a e iron. Strips oven, therack being slida bly mounted to permit 6, pr f r y W l to the h p dframe 10 moving it out of the oven for convenience in members. The horizontal flanges I l of these. 0 placing cooking vessels in position on the rack or Strips Serve as a Support i the bottom of the removing thesame ther f A this k or rack which consists of a rectangular reticulated frame becomes very hot considerable inconven- Sheet e a plate having Curved Side edges ience and annoyance was experienced by th If desired the bottom plate i8, which also serves user when pulling thg game out of oven 38 the oven bottom, maybe slidably O1 removab-ly 15 According to the present invention means is proupp rt d n h r k frame member, but is pr fvided for performing the operation by rolling the r ly w ld to h reinforcing strips 6. rack or frame out of whack into the oven which A p 0f hOTiZOIItiiJIY sposed ooved a does not necessitate touching h t parts ith th rollers are mounted on stud shafts 2| secured 20 hands. to each of the horizontally disposed flanges l1 0 Other objects and advantages will be apparent 0f the angle strips il the r d o as the description is considered in connection the latter- These rollers d n t ho t with the accompanying drawings, in which; disposed flanges ID of the tracks or runners 6,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove emwhen assembly is effected by positioning the roll- 5 bodying our improved oven rack and operatin ers in alinement with the cut away front ends means therefor; I of flanges l0 and pushing the rack 6 rearwardly.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front view of the Round Strips Welded t0 the bottom face of ovenshowing the oven rack in retracted position; flanges t 0 t e vertically disposed rollers Figure 3 is a bottom plan i of th oven '1 and also serve as runners or tracks when the showing in dotted lines the.position assumed by rack is moved to and fro through the oven door 30 the oven rack actuatingarm; 0 Opening Figure 41s an end vi w of Fi 2; I Rotatably mounted in straps 23, secured to the Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary gectmwl outer face of one of the side walls 5, is a rack view of the oven and oven a k; a d actuating shaft 24, which enables the housewife Figure 6 is a detail view of th oven rack actuto move the rack l2 into and out of the ovenby 35 ating shaft. appropriate manipulation of a handle member 25,

Having more particular reference to the drawthus avoiding t danger of buming the heads ings i denotes a conventio al stove or range, through direct contact with the oven rack. Thus provided with an oven 2, th d opening 3 of the lower end of'the shaft ,is connected to one go which is adapted to be l d by a d 4 end of arearwardly curved or cam shaped arm 40 otally hinged at its lower end in any uit 26, the other end of which is movably confined manner for swinging movement about a horibetween a P Of grooved 101181327 and z'ontal axis, mounted on a metal brace 28, extending between i sec d in any it bl manner t each of t and welded to the flanges ll of reinforcing strips 5 id all 5 of t oven 2 is a horizontally It. The upper end of the shaft 24 is hollow to posed angle iron runner ort k 6 These slidably receive the upper and lower sections 29 'ners carry vertically disposed grooved r ll r i, and 30 of the jointedhandle member 25. These journaled on studs 8 fixed tothe forward ends sections are formed with interfitting male and of vertical side flanges 9. The horizontal flanges female parts 3| and 32 respectively, which are i0 I0 of the runners or tracks 6 are cut away at pivotally connected to each other by pivot pin 33. their forward ends to provide openings H through A cross key 34 extending through. the handle which the periphery ,of the rollers extend, the section. 30 and engaging loosely in oppositely dislatter being on a plane slightly above the top posed slots 35, formed in theshaft; lock the face of the horizontal flanges In for a purpose handle and shaft against relative rotary movei5 presently understood. v ment.

ert an outward pushing force against the foremost roller 21' which in turn moves the rack out of the oven. Reverse or clockwise movement of the handle causes the cam arm to exert an inward pushing force against roller 21 thus returning the rack to its former position within the oven.

The length of the section 29 of handle 25 provides suffi'cient leverage to insure ease of operation. When the handle is not in use, the

section 29 can be folded to vertical position and dropped by gravity into concealed position with- -in the shaft 24, leaving only the knob 36 exposed.

It will also be noted that the shaft 24 extends downwardly through the heat insulating space between the sidewall 5 of the oven and the side wall 31 of the range and is thus entirely' hidden from view. A small apertured plate 38, bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the top frame of the stove, beneath the sheet metal top 39 thereof, serves to support or steady that end of the shaft. The upper end of shaft 24 extends through this plate, but preferably terminates below the sheet metal top 39, and is thus concealed from view. However it is contemplated that the upper extremity of the shaft could be extended into the aligned opening 40 in the top 39, provided it does not project above the top face thereof. This plate also serves as a stop to limit the extent to which the handle may be withdrawn from the shaft 24, when the cross key or pin 34 strikes the bottom of the plate.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim is:

1. In a cooking range, an oven open at its front end, a rack slidably mounted in said oven and having a bottom, means for moving said rack into and out of the oven, said means comprising a hollow shaft rotatably mounted adjacent one side wall of the oven, an arm fixed to said shaft atone end, the other end of said arm extending through said side wall, and being curved to engage said bottom to move said rack into and out of said oven when said rack is appropriately rotated and means for rotating said shaft.'

2. In a cooking range, an oven open at its front, a rack having a bottom adapted'to serve as a bottom for said oven, means for moving said rack into and out of said oven, said means comprising a vertically disposed shaft, a cam shaped substantially horizontally disposed arm fixed to said shaft, means on said bottom slidably engaged by said arm to force said rack inwardly or outwardly when said shaft is appropriately rotated, and means for rotating said shaft.

3. In a cooking range, an oven open at its front end, a rack slidably mounted in said oven and having a bottom, a pair of rollers fixed to said bottom, means for moving said rack into and out of the oven, said means comprising a shaft rotatably mounted adjacent one side wall of the oven, an arm fixed to said shaft at one end, the other end of said arm extending through said side wall, and being curved to engage between said rollers to move said rack into and out of said oven when said rack is appropriately rotated and means for rotating said shaft.

4. In a cooking stove, an oven having a door opening, a pan support slidably supported in said oven and having a bottom, means for moving said pan support into and out of said oven through said opening, said means comprising a shaft, a pair of spaced members fixed to said bottom, an arm fixed to said shaft at one end and having a curved portion at the other end extending between said spaced members, said curved arm adapted to exert a pushing force against one. of said spaced members to move said rack in one direction upon rotationof the shaft in one direction and to exert a pushing force against the other of said spaced members to reverse the movement of said rack when the rotation of said shaft is reversed, and means for rotating said shaft.

5. In a cooking range, an oven open at its front end, a rack mounted for to and fro movement into and out of said oven through said opening and having a'bottom, means for actuating said rack, said means comprising a shaft, an axn fixed to said shaft at one end, the other end of sai'd arm being curved and slidably engaging said. rack to force said rack inwardly or outwardly when said shaft is appropriately rotated, said shaft being hollow at its upper end and having an extensible jointed handle slidably but nonrotatably mounted therein for rotating the shaft.

6. In a cooking range, an oven open at its front end, a rack mounted forto and fro move rotated, said shaft having a hollow slotted upper CARL H. HOFFSTE'I'I'ER. ROBERT F. HOFFSTETTER. 

